measure

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(=assess)[+quality, value, effect]mesurer→ The school's success was measured in terms of the number of pupils who got into university.It is difficult to measure the impact of the new law.Il est difficile de mesurer l'impact de la nouvelle loi.

[+length, width, diameter]mesurer→ He measured the diameter of the pond.I measured the page.J'ai mesuré la page.

(=degree)mesure fin some measure
(=to some extent)dans une certaine mesure→ That's true in some measure.some measure of protectionun certain degré de protection→ Everyone is entitled to some measure of protection.a measure of successun certain succès→ With the exception of Juan, each student attained a measure of success.beyond measure
(=tremendously)au-delà de toute mesure→ She irritated him beyond measure.→ Mankind's knowledge of the universe has increased beyond measure.

(=indication)to be a measure of sthmontrer qchto be a measure of how ..., That is a measure of how bad things have become.Cela montre à quel point les choses ont empiré.to be a measure of how muchmontrer à quel pointThat is a measure of how much the world order has changed.Cela montre à quel point l'ordre mondial a changé.to be a measure of how farmontrer à quel pointThat is a measure of how far we have progressed.Cela montre à quel point nous avons progressé.

(=initiative)mesure f→ new government measures to combat crime→ Day nurseries were started as a war-time measure to let mothers work.to take measures to do sthprendre des mesures pour faire qch→ The government warned that police would take tougher measures to contain the trouble.→ He said stern measures would be taken against the killers.

[+cognac, whisky]mesure f→ He poured himself a generous measure of cognac.→ the standard third-litre measure of draught beer

counter-measurencontre-mesure fto take counter-measures against sthprendre des contre-mesures contre qch→ Because the threat never developed, we didn't need to take any real countermeasures.

economy measurenmesure f économique

half measure, half-measurendemi-mesure f→ They have already declared their intention to fight on rather than settle for half-measures.